1.   This saga since this recession has been a sorry tale.

2.   She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale, including the news that Joanna had given her the day before.

3.   But in the final weeks of the campaign, the sorry tale of questionable and at times illegal fund-raising on behalf of the president had taken hold.

4.   But that was the only fortunate aspect of an otherwise sorry tale that is still unfolding.

5.   In this sorry tale, whenever things could get worse, they have tended to do just that.

6.   Is this sorry tale just a consequence of a muddle-headed president and his inept prime minister?

7.   Now that this theater season has ended, and other musicals contemplate the long road to Broadway, are there lessons in this sorry tale?

8.   One of the lessons of this sorry tale is the old warning that no good deed goes unpunished.

9.   Still and all, the sorry tale remains riveting.

10.   Soon in Boston I would see his sorry tale confirmed in the newspaper.